{"id":3363,"date":"2018-05-08T09:08:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T06:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omodos.org\/?page_id=3363"},"modified":"2018-05-08T09:08:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T06:08:19","slug":"senior-clergymen-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/senior-clergymen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Clergymen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap fullsize'  style='height: 551px; max-width: 1920px; margin: 0 auto;'  ><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3363'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-5250cdee3a15c71a372735847174a7a5\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-5250cdee3a15c71a372735847174a7a5{\npadding-bottom:20px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-5250cdee3a15c71a372735847174a7a5 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-5250cdee3a15c71a372735847174a7a5 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-5250cdee3a15c71a372735847174a7a5 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_layerslider  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Senior Clergymen<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"maintext\">Every village, every city, and every country in this planet takes pride in the people that have managed to become accomplished and to leave their name written in gold letters throughout history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">Omodos, through its age-long and turbulent history, can present several active and insightful people that -through their deeds and each in his \/ her field -have their name already written in history. People different from one another have offered their services and -many times -their lives in various fields such as that of the Church, of politics, of literature, of the arts, and of music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">In the pages that follow we record the history of these people, a modicum of homage for the services and deeds they offered not only to their homeland but also to the whole of Cyprus<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-av_toggle_container-6963e13afc855fe7b11407faf3732f60  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-6ebf69c415401fee1e75b95c10d92753'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  activeTitle av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Archbishop Panaretos\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Archbishop Panaretos\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Archbishop Panaretos\">Archbishop Panaretos<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  active_tc av-title-above' style='display:block;' ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"maintext\">Archbishop Panaretos was a native of Omodos. Before being enthroned in 1827 he was the Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">Archbishop Panaretos showed great interest for his &#8220;flock&#8221; and -several times -he intervened for the protection of people who were wronged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">In the beginning of his term he dealt mainly with issues that related to the Holy Monastery of Kykkos. The Ecumenical Patriarchate in a letter indicated to him that he should make sure for the return of the Monastery&#8217;s estates to their previous owners. Then the Ecumenical Patriarch was suggesting to Archbishop Panaretos to take various measures so as to protect the Monastery. The result of these suggestions was a rift in the relationships between Archbishop Panaretos and the Ecumenical Patriarch and the consequent forced resignation of Archbishop Panaretos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">After his resignation, Panaretos went to the Holy Monastery of Agios Herakleidios for a year and from there to Omodos where he stayed for a year. He died in 1842.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-b9e80b958d1f4f12f8f746fdd85c69d5'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Neofytos, Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Neofytos, Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Neofytos, Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos\">Neofytos, Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"maintext\">Neofytos, the Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos, was a native of Omodos. He served in the Metropolitan throne of Pafos from 1869 until 1887. He was a music-lover and gave large donations to educational institutes. He provided for the operation of a permanent school in Pafos. During the British occupation he granted part of the Holy See so that it would be used as an elementary school and a Greek school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">On the 9 th of July, 1869, the Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos, Neofytos, gave a donation of 100,000 &#8220;groshia&#8221; (coins, piasters) for the educational institutes of Nicosia. The great donation was used for the maintenance of the Girl&#8217;s School in Nicosia and it was decided that every year, during the celebratory liturgy on the 25 th of March, the name of the benefactor would be mentioned.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-6720dec4e6a382ad400e2e75bac297c6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-3' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Meletios, Metropolitan Bishop of Kition\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Meletios, Metropolitan Bishop of Kition\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Meletios, Metropolitan Bishop of Kition\">Meletios, Metropolitan Bishop of Kition<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-3' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"maintext\">Meletios (1798-1878) was born in Omodos where he got his education first. In 1814 he was ordained as a deacon and stayed in Omodos until 1825. He then served as a deacon for the Metropolitan Bishop of Pafos, Panaretos, and when Panaretos became Archbishop of Cyprus he went with him to Nicosia. In 1833 he became archdeacon of the Archdiocese and in 1846 he was ordained as the Metropolitan Bishop of Kition, a position from which he was forced to resign from in 1864. After his resignation he returns to Omodos where he remained until his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">The reasons that led him to his resignation from the throne of Kition were not irrelevant with his effort to assist and support his fellow-villagers. Indeed, from time to time -while being the Metropolitan Bishop -he had brought close to him several members of his family as well as people from the surrounding region.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-3d6b30e141e4acfe82a1d47248ccc919'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-4' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Church Steward Dositheos\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Church Steward Dositheos\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Church Steward Dositheos\">Church Steward Dositheos<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-4' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-4' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"maintext\">A few years after the Greek revolution against the Turks in 1821, Dositheos was the Church Steward in the Monastery of The Holy Cross in Omodos. A clergyman with a brave heart and many virtues, he cleverly befriended Kioutsouk Mehmet, then governor of Cyprus, to whom he often gave gifts from the treasury of the Holy Cross, aiming to achieve some service for his fellow-villagers. Such services he often managed to achieve and so the inhabitants of the entire region loved him very much and considered him as their saviour and their great patron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">Things went normally until the big moment arrived for the revolution of the Greeks against the Ottoman Empire. Cyprus was also to pay dearly for that uprising of the Greek Nation. On that fateful day of the 9 th of July 1821, the Archbishop Kyprianos was hanged and the &#8220;Despots&#8221; (high ranking priests) were slaughtered. Among the clergymen that fell victims to the Turkish atrocity of those times was also the Church Steward of the Holy Cross Monastery in Omodos, Dositheos, who was an old man by then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">Among other events related to the name of Dositheos is the first bell that was ever heard in Cyprus from the steeple of the Holy Cross Monastery of Omodos in 1812, because the Turks were not annoyed by its sound. Dositheos is also the real maker of today&#8217;s building in the Monastery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">Today&#8217;s inhabitants of Omodos, honouring the holy remembrance of the legendary Dositheos, have set up his bust next to the monastery&#8217;s entrance, above which the following is recorded: &#8220;DOSITHEOS FROM OMODOS, CHURCH STEWARD OF THE HOLY CROSS&#8217;S MONASTERY, SLAUGHTERED ON THE 12 th OF JULY 1821.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":73,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3363","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3365,"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3363\/revisions\/3365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omodos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}